May 21, 2010

Losing Landscape?

A Harvard University study reports that all six states in New England have declining rates of forestation. The authors of the Wildlands and Woodlands report is seeking 70% conservation. The excerpt below is from a May 20th article in The Boston Globe.

“We’ve been given a second chance to determine the future of the region’s forests. This report calls attention to the pressing need to couple New England’s existing conservation capacity and shared land ethic with a vision for the next century in which forests remain an integral part of our livelihoods,” said David Foster, lead author of the report and Director of the Harvard Forest.